Manifold bill book



Dec. 5, 1933. R. L. CONNOR MANIFOLD BILL soox Filed Nov. 8, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR Gem/rad Frann m 2% 1 210 IZJ Zero, /1/. d

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R.'L. CONNOR MANIFOLD BILL BOOK 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR ORNEY Patented Dec. 5, 1933 MANIFOLD mu. BOOK Roger L. Connor, Athens, Ohio, assignor to The trcgi Company, Athens, Ohio, a corporation 0 Application November 8, 1932. Serial No. 641,720

2 Claims. (01. 282--27) My invention relates to that class of multiple 2. Bills will be addressed only once for all copies. forms which are intended for use where certain This too, will materially increase the speed of preinformation typed on the outer leaf of the book paring bills for delivery or mailing. is omitted from other sheets. 1 3. If bills are mailed it will not be necessary to My invention more specifically relates to a new insert bills in envelopes. No envelopes are used solid improved form of billto be used for public with my new and improved bill form. This will service corporations. It is well known that in the save much time in preparing the bills for mailing oflices of many public service corporations (gas, and save the cost of envelopes. power and water utilities) the accounts with their My means of accomplishing the foregoing obm consumers are handled without posting the variiects may be more readily understood by having ous charges to ledgers. The method employed is reference to the accompa y g drawin s hic familiarly known as the Stub Plan". Under are hereunto annexed and made a part hereof, this plan the monthly bill to the consumer is inwhich usually made up in an original copy form com Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the complete 15 prised of three sections, the consumers bill copy book;

(which is the extreme left section, a Cashiers Fig. 2 is a plan view of the ledger strip;

Coupon (which is the middle section) and the Fig. 3 is aplan view of theobverse side thereof; Ledger Stub (the extreme right section). The Fig. 4 is a plan view of the bill strip; and combination bill forms are usually posted on book- Fig. 5 is a plan view of the obverse side of the go keeping machines that -are designed to autosame. Similar reference numerals refer to similar matically repeat-print the data pertaining to the parts throughout the entire description. charge to all three sections of the bill. Obviously As Shown in the drawings. the bill book is p a good percentage of the time required to post the erably made up of wo s pa a ips ad pted to bills is consumed by the machine while it is makbe folded upon themselves. One of which con- 25 ing the several automatic operations necessary to sists of two folds 1 and 2, the other consisting so re-print to the other two sections of'the bill, the of three folds, 3, 4, and 5. These two strips when information that was written by the operator on s m are interleaved as l rly Seen i Fi the first section. 1, in such a manner that the addressing and post- Either before the bills are posted or after, the Operations 081188 the q ed i formation to so bills must be addressed for delivery or mailing. be written on all copies Whe d s d n to This is usually done on addressing machines of appear on any copies p whioh'it is not dethe embossed plate type (addressograph, etc.) 1- sired. The backs of sheets are provided with carthough they may be addressed on the typewriter, bon spots of a desired area to transfer or copy Regardless of the means employed it is necessary the information on such copies 'asit is desired as that the name and address of the consumer apto hav th orm ap ar n. on

pear on at least two sections of the bill form (the The assembled books are delivered to the bookconsumers bill and the ledger stub). This means k pin department i f l d r book form and at least two addressing operations. correctly interleaved, that is, with leaf 2 inserted After the bills have been addressed and posted between leaves 3 and 4 and they remain in this do the ledger stubs must be torn away for filing becondition until the bills are posted and addressed fore the bills can be delivered or mailed. These prepa a ory to mailing. With the a bo sp t stubs comprise the accounts receivable ledger of located as shown, it will be clearly seen that the company. addressing the book will produce carbon copies of If the bills are mailed. it is necessary to place the-name and address which will appear on the 45 them in envelopes. Window envelopes are usuledger stub 1, the mailing cover or flap 3, the I ally employed to eliminate the added labor of adcashiers coupon 4 and the consumers hill 5. Postdressing envelopes but there still remains the exmg the required inf r ti and amounts of t pense of inserting the bills and sealing the encharge; to the book on the bookkeeping machines velopes, plus t e co t of D S- will cause carbon copies to appear on the ledger to My invention has for its object to provide astub 1, thecashiers coupon 4i and the consumers manifold bill book which will possess the following bill 5. p advantages: After the book has been addressed and posted 1. All repeat printing of the bookkeeping me.- the ledger stub or leaf 1 is removed and the leaf chine is eliminated. ,This will materially in- 2'is torn away along the perforations 6 provided to. grease the speed of v for that purpose and thrown away since it is of no 1 0 further value. The ledger leaf 1 is then ready for filing in the regular order or manner. 0bviously the removal of the strip containing leaves 1 and 2 leaves the remaining stubs still folded in the manner originally described.

A standard model gummed paper sealing machine (not shown) may then be employed to seal the top edges of these leaves containing the copies. I refer to such machines as they are standard equipment well known and will seal the books at a rate of approximately 100 per minute. It will be apparent that any manner of sealing or f astening the leaves of the books for mailing may be employed without departing from the scope of my invention. As soon as they are sealed they are ready for deposit in the mail without any further operation being required.

Although I have shown a specific form and location for the carbon spots as well as the printed form, it is to be understood that such showing is merely to illustrate a concrete. embodiment of my invention and is not to be construed in any sense as limitation for it is clear that the printed form will vary with the requirements of the individual company using the books and also the areas and locations of the carbon spots will vary as the type or form is varied.

Having described my invention what I regard as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A manifold and mailing bill comprising a ledger strip formed of two leaves, one of which has on its obverse surface a number of suitably indicated spaces to receive required data and a blank space below said indicated spaces, a carbon spot on the reverse surface of said leaf back of said blank space, the obverse surface of the other leaf being blank but having carbon spots on its reverse surface, one of which spots is adapted to register with the carbon spot, and the other with the indicated spaces on the first-named leaf, a bill strip formed by a center and two end leaves, one end leaf being blank and adapted to be interleaved with the ledger leaves, the other end leaf having one surface adapted to register with the obverse surface of the first-named leaf of the ledger strip and having carbon spots on its reverse surface adapted toregister with the indicated spaces and the blank space on said ledger strip, the center leaf having a corresponding number of suitably indicated spaces in position-to receive the data from the first leaf.

2. A manifold and mailing bill comprising a bill strip adapted to be folded to form three leaves, a center and two end leaves and a ledger strip adapted to be folded to form two leaves, one of which is adapted to be interleaved between one end leaf and the other end leaf of the bill strip, one leaf of the ledger strip having on its obverse surface a number of suitably indicated spaces to receive required data and a blank space below said indicated spaces, a carbon spot on the reverse surface of said leaf back of said blank space, the obverse surface of the other leaf being blank but having carbon spots on its reverse surface, one of which spots is adapted to register with the carbon spot and the other with the indicated spaces on the outer leaf of the ledger strip, one end leaf of the bill strip being blank and adapted to be placed intermediate the ledger leaves, the other end leaf having one surface adapted to register with the obverse surface of the outer leaf of the ledger strip and having carbon spots on its reverse surface adapted to register with the indicated spaces and the blank space on said ledger strip, the center leaf having a corresponding number of suitably indicated spaces in position to receive the data from the first leaf.

ROGER L. CONNOR. 

